The Becoming (track)
by Nine Inch Nails
Year: 1994
From the album The Downward Spiral (track #7)
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The Becoming appears on the following album(s) by Nine Inch Nails:
- The Downward Spiral (track #7) (this album) (1994)
- Still (track #4) (2002)
- And All That Could Have Been (track #20) (2002)
- The Definitive Nine Inch Nails - Deep Cuts (track #16) (compilation) (2006)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/14/2026 19:37 | Siromynian | 17,775 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/24/2026 16:28 |  HoldenM | 9,396 | 91/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2026 15:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 165,941 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/08/2026 15:31 |  VictorVale | 44,031 | 89/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2026 22:36 | Gedster | 532 | 72/100 |
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turning point
GandalfORiley345 05/20/2014 02:50 | #112348
How I love the shouts of hurt, it´s incredibly dark, and fast strange sounds, and then becomes the softly acoustic guitar, and then, PUMMM, again
Anti 04/04/2014 17:31 | #108476
Good.
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